TRAINING FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES

With the collaboration of local communities, grassroots organizations, and
other regional and national organizations, MBG has initiated programs for
conservation and sustainable development. These programs use MBG's available
botanical information to establish conservation priorities and to implement
conservation actions designed to safeguard biological resources in Ecuador,
Peru, and Bolivia.

These programs select community leaders to participate in training on
biodiversity monitoring, specimen collection, ethnobotany, forest management,
and land use planning.